A bear mauling, crackdown on immigration, boating deaths, giant real estate deals, First Amendment politics: These stories made the top 25 list in SWFL.

Tracking a single male python through protected wetlands led biologists to one of the largest breeding females captured this year.

The South Florida Water Management District's monthly competition is winding down for 2025. Who took the top prize in November?

Across South Florida, giant snakes that once seemed like exotic escapees are now entrenched residents, reshaping ecosystems ...

The green iguana has become a ubiquitous sight across South Florida, often lounging in trees or sunning itself on sidewalks.

The annual Florida Python Challenge was held in July this year and when all of the counting was completed, a woman from ...

A large alligator nicknamed 'Godzilla' was caught on video dragging an enormous Burmese python through the water in the ...

A Florida man dressed in a Santa Claus hat captured a 153-pound invasive Burmese python on Christmas Eve. He shared a photo of the snake slung over his ...

It was one Christmas visitor that didn’t overstay its welcome. A Burmese python that had been spotted in a Miami-Dade neighborhood was removed just days before Christmas after a resident out for a ...

Evidence suggests pythons may be evolving to tolerate colder climates farther north. These invasive snakes are primarily established in South Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee. As sections of the ...